#1 Goldberg vs. The Rock

When you think about the dream matches between the icons that are recognised even by the casual fans, Goldberg vs. The Rock sounds like something special. After all, during the Monday Night Wars, The Rock was one of the principal players in reinventing WWE and helping them win the rating struggle, while Goldberg was one of WCW’s few fresh faces who helped them put up a convincing challenge.
Thus, when Goldberg made his way to WWE, it seemed like a pretty convincing scenario for the much-speculated encounter, and one befitting the biggest stage possible of WrestleMania. Unfortunately, the timing didn’t lend itself to that outcome.
Goldberg started with WWE immediately after WrestleMania 19, just as The Rock was walking away from any semblance of a full-time schedule with the company in favour of his acting career. So, WWE fed The Rock to Goldberg, not as a climax to Goldberg’s first WWE run, but rather to introduce him to the WWE crowd.
They met at Backlash 2003, Goldberg’s first WWE PPV, and The Rock’s last one until WrestleMania 20 (which ended up being the last match he worked in over seven years).
The most ironic part of all? While Goldberg’s first tenure with WWE is generally reflected on as a disappointment for WWE being unable to use him correctly, this may have been his single best-received match from that era — one which may have been favourably received at WrestleMania 20.
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